Monday, April 28, 2008

Foxy Boxing in New London Town With Blokes

It's a story heard time and again. Bitched out diva gets in brawl and gets out on probation. Here's the story in hard news. On Friday night, troubled pop star Amy Winehouse was cautioned by the British police after confessing to allegations of assault. The hitmaker, 24, is reported to have head-butted a man outside a pub in Camden, north London in the early hours of Wednesday, after a boozy night out. Winehouse was arrested on suspicion of assault on Friday when she voluntarily turned herself in to authorities at London's Holborn Police Station to be quizzed about the incident.
She was held in custody overnight after a doctor ruled she was "in no fit state" to be questioned. But, after explaining her actions to police on Saturday morning, she was released without charge. In a statement, the star's spokesman says, "Amy Winehouse was questioned this morning at a London police station in connection to an incident in Camden in the early hours of April 23, 2008. She admitted to a common assault by slapping a man with an open hand and accepted a caution. Amy was fully co-operative with inquiries and apologized for the incident. She thanked the police for their professional handling of the matter. There will be no further action taken. Amy is looking forward to continuing her work on new music in the studio." The caution means that although Winehouse escaped any formal prosecution, the incident will remain on record and could count against her if she faces any similar allegations in the future.
This could look like bad P.R. (NO P.R. IS BAD P.R. RIGHT?), but its likely to be good advertising as a cold hard bitch who'll knock the french toast out of you if you step on her moccasins. Chances are this little incident will help her new album top the charts. Her record company couldn't be prouder of the good rhetoric she displayed and the money they'll be tossing in their bath tubs filled with golden licorice.

1 comment:

Stephanie said...

Isn't it sad that negative actions produce popular results and that this will actually help persuade people to buy her album? If I were a parent, I don't think I would be too happy with children looking up to her as a role model.